Sanitary holder



March 22, V1932. L, B, DAcUs SANITARY HOLDER Filed May 5, 1931 PatentedMar.- 22, `1932?.

UNITED stares LEMMAB. DACUS,` OFSOCIALCIRCLE, GEORGIA, n

Application led May 5, 1931i' Serial No. 535,249.

This invention relates to holders, and more particularly to a'sanitaryholder for use inl removably sec-uringa napkin on a glass or tumbler.

An object of this invention is to provide an exceedingly simpleholderwhich may be readily disposed about a glass or tumblerso as to firmlyhold a paper napkin about the glass so that nofforeign objects willenter f ythe glass and so that the napkin will not be blown away. Y

Another objectV of this invention is to provide a simple device of thiskind which may be used in servingof vdrinks or the like at a roadsidewherein foreign objects will not be permitted to enter the glass whileit is being carried to the purchaser thereof.

TheV above and various other objects and advantages of this inventionwill in part be described in and in part be understood from thefollowing detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, thesame being illustrated in the accompanying drawf ings, kwherein Figure 1is a detail side elevation of a device constructed according to thepreferred embodiment of thisy invention,

Figure 2 is a vertical lsection. partly in i detail of the deviceshowing in dotted lines a modilied Iform of the holder, and

Figure isa side elevation of ythe device as applied to an irregularshape vessel. Y

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral designatesgenerally a tumbler or' glass of conventional construction which is usedfor holdingliquids, and the numeral` 11 designates a napkin of eitherpaper or fabric construction which is disposed about the open end of thetumbler 10, this napkin 11 being securely `held in positiony about theperiphery of the tumbler 10 by means of a resilientl holder, generallydesignated as 12.l This holder 12 comprises a pair of spring orresilient members 14 which are secured together intermediate the endsthereofiby means of a securing member 15 which is preferably extendedupwardly from the spring members 14,.' as at 16, so as to provide ahandle or` means 'for placing or removing the holder fromv a tumbler.These spring members 14 comprisean upper horizontal portionk 13, theends'of which are arcuately bent, as

at y17, the curved portions 17 Vbeing continued 55 e downwardlyandinwardly, as at 18, so as to clamp the napkinll Labout the periphery ofthetumbler or glass'lO. VThe extensions 18 arecontinued downwardly andoutwardly,y

as `at 19, so as to provide outwardly flared 60 leg portionswhichfacilitate the positioning of the holder yon a glass.v

As disclosed in dotted lines in Figure 2 at 19", the leg portions 19vmay be continued downwardly so as to terminate substantially Ni` flushVwith the bottom ofthe tumbler 10. These straps or springs 14 aresecured togethc er in crossed .relation to each otherso that fourclamping arms are provided from .the two crossed spring sections whichwill hold the handle 16 concentrically of the tum-A bler 10.V

In the operation of this device, the napkin 10 vis preferably foldedldownwardly abouty the periphery or outer surface of the tumbler 10 andthe handle ,'16 ofthe napkin holder may be grasped in the hand and thedevice moved downwardly over the .upper end of the tumbler 10, the`flared portions 19 or 19 operating to spread the springmembers 14 so 80that the napkin will be firmly clamped against the outer'surface of thetumbler 10.

In the modication of this inventionshown in dotted lines in Figure 2,the lower ends i prevent tilting or turning over of the tumbler as itisbeing carried on a tray.

Ity will be obvious, from the foregoing, that the holderherein'disclosed will not only lirm- 90 ly hold a napkin or cover on atumbler or glass, butwill also aid in preventingthe spilling of thecontents ofthe glass bypref venting the turning over of the glass. c

i It is, of course, lunderstood that various changes and modificationsmay be made in the details of construction and design of the abovespecifically described embodiment of this invention without vdepartingfrom the spirit thereof,-'such changes and modifications 10* beingrestricted only by the scope of the following claims.

1. As a new article of manufacture, a holder of the character describedadapted to removably engage a glass tumbler for removably holding anarticle across the open end of the tumbler, comprising a pair of U-shaped resilient arms having the free ends thereof outwardly flared, andmeans for securing the closed portion of the arms together inintersecting relation.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a

holder of the character described adapted to removably engage a glasstumbler `for re-y movably holding an article across the open end of thetumbler, comprising a pair of U- shaped resilient arms having the freeends thereof outwardly flared, and means for securing the closed portionof the arms together in intersect-ing relation, and a handle integrallyformed with the securing means and'disposed outwardly of the closed endof the arms.

In testimony whereof I hereunto alix.- my signature.

LEMMA B. DAVCUS.

